Keep in touch with the lives and artwork of Blackbird Prints artists http://blackbirdprints.com Blackbirdprints artist Eoghan Carbery takes a break from giclee prints, artwork and all things art related with a bike ride from Paris to Madrid http://blackbirdprints.com/blog_pages/blog_travelogue_paris_to_madrid.html Having worked as an illustrator on and off since the mid-nineties I have often been asked how I come up with the images in my portfolio, so I thought it would be a good idea to try to explain the process here by going through a few past commissions http://blackbirdprints.com/blog_pages/blog_illustration_guide_for_the_curious.html I was asked to paint a mural in a South-east London secondary school in collaboration with a group of the pupils. It was suggested by the Head teacher that the mural would not only brighten up the main stairway, camouflaging its lifeless appearance, but also discourage the kids from tagging the wall, for I was lead to believe they would respect artwork... http://blackbirdprints.com/blog_pages/blog_mural_proposal.html wondering about the legitimacy of traditional galleries defining what is and is not Art, and now with the likes of Banksy further blurring the line between graffiti (street art) and gallery art I want to write one or two thoughts on this matter http://blackbirdprints.com/blog_pages/blog_public_art.html